Vote On Facebook's New Policy Changes, Or You'll Never Get Another Chance

In response to users' feedback, Facebook is proposing a set of clarified governance and privacy policy changes, and they want you, the Facebook enthusiast, to vote on them once again!

But this is still a Zuckocracy. In the very likely case that less than 30 per cent of the site's 1 billion users don't vote and a majority don't reject the proposal, Facebook will revoke users' voting rights on any future policy or administrative changes. If over 30 per cent vote, the verdict will be binding.

In addition to deciding the fate of the Facebook suffrage movement, users will be voting on whether Facebook can share data between its affiliates (Instagram being the major one). Also on the chopping block is the site's ability to decide who's able to send you private messages and prevent users from using personal profiles for "commercial gain," which will be strictly relegated to a Facebook fan page.

The virtual voting polls opened today and will close at 8pm GMT on December 10, giving users a full seven days to vote for or against the changes. For anyone with lingering concerns, Facebook will hold a live webcast tomorrow (December 4) at 5:30pm to respond to user-submitted questions. [Facebook via TechCrunch]